Coronavirus Notebook: Nobel Laureates Press Germany To Back Vaccine IP Waiver

The EU vaunts its vaccine donations and starts building resilience against future health threats, and the UK MHRA says Moderna can be used as a booster dose. Aviptadil has received scientific advice from the MHRA for its potential use as a treatment for COVID-19 patients.

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Pharma firms say IP is essential for innovative R&D on new vaccines • Source: Alamy

Germany is coming under pressure to drop its opposition to a proposed waiver of intellectual property protections on COVID-19 products after more than 140 former heads of state and government and Nobel Laureates wrote to the three candidates to be the next German chancellor urging them to “lead the charge to vaccinate the world.”

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